Results 7,501-7,520 of 11,255 for speaker:Colm Burke

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (8 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: 142. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions being taken to reduce sewage dumping in Dublin Bay and to improve the cleanliness of the water for swimmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29378/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (8 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: 263. To ask the Minister for Health if the 'flu vaccine will be made available for students and healthcare staff at third-level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29387/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (7 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: 26. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given to an increase in the annual budget for the recently opened support scheme for renewable heat which encourages farmers to change from fossil-based fuel sources to renewable heat sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29042/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition Fund (7 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: 27. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given to increasing the just transition fund by 20% from €6 million to €7.2 million allowing for the use of the micro-loan scheme to incentivise investment on farm for energy generation and conversion of business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29046/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (7 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: 28. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given to increasing the number of rural 44KW and 50KW charging points for electric vehicle users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29052/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (7 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to the exemption of VAT, within the European Union VAT directive, on all farm safety equipment which will act as a vector to improve uptake of farm safety equipment by farmers and in turn may reduce the high fatality rate within the agricultural sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29039/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (7 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to a review of a VAT exemption on sexed semen for all farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29040/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Living Wage (7 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: 150. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to provide funding in budget 2021 to the universal basic income pilot which has already been successfully trialled in Finland, Canada and Alaska; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29045/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Assistance Fund (7 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: 191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to the extension of the student assistance fund to all agricultural college students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29051/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (7 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: 225. To ask the Minister for Health the details of each of the posts funded by the National Treatment Purchase Fund in each cancer centre; the year funding began for each post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29027/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (7 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: 226. To ask the Minister for Health the governance the National Treatment Purchase Fund has in place to ensure regional and geographical equity of access to services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29028/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (7 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: 235. To ask the Minister for Health the National Treatment Purchase Fund funding figures for each of the cancer centres in each of the years 2010 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the variance in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29082/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tax Reliefs (7 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: 262. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration has been given to extending consanguinity relief from 31 December 2020 to 31 December 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29034/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (7 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: 263. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to establishing a dedicated debt mediation service for farmers in which funds are ring-fenced and used to provide fair and reasonable access to mediation between financially struggling farmers and creditors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29035/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tax Code (7 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: 264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to introducing a voluntary individual income volatility initiative to allow farmers deposit a defined percentage of profits to a fund in a good year and withdraw funds during poor years (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29036/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tax Code (7 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: 265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to extending tax relief on the leasing of farmland to include agreements between parents and children who are young trained farmers up to 30 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29038/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (7 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: 266. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to establishing a targeted annual investment allowance which would focus on smart agriculture, renewable energy equipment and climate change mitigation infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29041/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (7 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: 267. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to fund a carbon sequestration programme similar to the agricultural sustainability support and advice programme which would offer free advice and guidance to all farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29043/20]

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for their submissions and the work they are doing on these cost-benefit and value for money analyses. There have been questions comparing public and private provision already. Between 2010 and 2018, the cost of public nursing home provision has increased by 26% where the private sector has increased by 11% in that period. The 2018 figure was €1,564 in public...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Colm Burke: It is 26% and 11%. They are two very different figures.